#2156: compilation math/truncate bug with optimization enabled
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Reporter: trevorm | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.2
Severity: critical | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: x86
Os: Linux |
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Changes (by simonmar):
* status: new => closed
* difficulty: => Unknown
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
So I take it this is an instance of the unpredictability in floating-point
that we get on x86 due to the floating point registers being wider than a
Double?
When compiling via C we use gcc's `-ffloat-store` which forces the
precision to be 64 bits everywhere (albeit expensively). The native code
generator does not do this, although #594 will fix it eventually.
See also #1916, where the previously buggy truncate implementation was
fixed in the x86 native code gen in 6.8.2.
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